diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd4c2e1..22c0f46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ classifiers=[
           'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
       ]
 packages = [{include = "docformatter", from = "src"}]
-include = ["LICENSE"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"